A World language?

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  • Reply 21 of 36
    Mark, nonhuman. You managed to make a thread about a flippin world language in to a political discussion....I believe the Americans say: oh my God!



    I would love for Chinese to be the world language actually. Haha, I can see George Bush and his buds now. "I ain't gonna be learning that red commie inferior language! Where the hell is China anyway!?"
  • Reply 22 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by macoracle:

    <strong>I believe the Americans say: oh my God!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    What would you say? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 23 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by nonhuman:

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    What would you say? :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    We would say f*ck off but in Ireland that is not as much an offensive remark as in your country.
  • Reply 24 of 36
    markmark Posts: 143member
    [quote]Originally posted by nonhuman:

    <strong>



    Or am I misinterpreting?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes; you're taking those five words out of context.



    Let me break down my post for you:



    - Because the communist regime won't last

    - and because it has such enormous potential

    - one should not think

    - that China will fail to be a powerhouse

    - simply because of its current government.



    ...with consequences for English as the dominant language of commerce, etc...



    [quote]Originally posted by macoracle:

    <strong>



    Mark, nonhuman. You managed to make a thread about a flippin world language in to a political discussion....I believe the Americans say: oh my God!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Hmm. I hope you're being sarcastic.





    Cheers,



    Mark.
  • Reply 25 of 36
    One word - Newspeak.
  • Reply 26 of 36
    Latin



    Swahili



    Esperanto



    Spanglish



    or



    XML (how do you pronounce &lt;b&gt;?)
  • Reply 27 of 36
    Legalese.
  • Reply 28 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by btober:

    <strong>One word - Newspeak.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Let's hope not!!! :eek:



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  • Reply 29 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto:

    <strong>

    XML (how do you pronounce &lt;b&gt;?)</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Lets see...You could say:

    "open bracket-bee-close bracket"

    "Tag B"

    "The B Tag"

    "Less Than-Bee-Greater Than"

    "Thingie-Bee-Thingie"

    "Bold Tag" {Unlikely b/c &lt;B&gt; has no significange in XML without a DTD}

    "B Tag"

    "That thingie with the B in it"



    Anyone have another way to say it?
  • Reply 30 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by btober:

    <strong>One word - Newspeak.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That is an doubleplusungood idea.
  • Reply 31 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by graphiteman:

    <strong>Anyone have another way to say it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    How bout:



    "enclosed-b"

    "dealified-b"

    "b-in-a-box" (or would that be [b]?)
  • Reply 32 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by graphiteman:

    <strong>I don't think we need a universal language. What we need is a Universal Translator, a la Star Trek.



    It translates any language to any other language, and it is completely transparent. This means that if a Chinese person is talking to an American person, the Americanperson will sound Chinese to the Chinese person, and the Chinese person will sound American to the American person.



    Whaddya think?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, and somehow the translators make the lips sync with the English translation, too. Space-time distortion? I think not...
  • Reply 33 of 36
    Yeah, Newspeak plusgood!
  • Reply 34 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>Yeah, Newspeak plusgood!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Is Yeah a word in NewSpeak?
  • Reply 35 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>



    Yeah, and somehow the translators make the lips sync with the English translation, too. Space-time distortion? I think not...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well, the lips non't have to sync with the english translation.

    Although if you want them to, just use a Mobile Emitter.
  • Reply 36 of 36
    [quote]Originally posted by macoracle:

    <strong>Mark, nonhuman. You managed to make a thread about a flippin world language in to a political discussion....I believe the Americans say: oh my God!



    I would love for Chinese to be the world language actually. Haha, I can see George Bush and his buds now. "I ain't gonna be learning that red commie inferior language! Where the hell is China anyway!?" </strong><hr></blockquote>





    Spoken like a true irishman. Or should I say, spoken like a bastard son of a bitch who doesn't know what the **** he's talking about.
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